Veronique Meester

Veronique Meester
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1995-04-07) 7 April 1995 (age 29)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportRowing
Event(s)Coxless four, coxless pair, eight
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Coxless pair
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Coxless four
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Belgrade Coxless pair
Silver medal – second place 2019 Ottensheim Coxless four
Silver medal – second place 2022 Račice Coxless pair
Silver medal – second place 2022 Račice Eight
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lucerne Coxless four
Gold medal – first place 2020 Poznań Coxless four
Gold medal – first place 2021 Varese Coxless four
Silver medal – second place 2017 Račice Eight
Silver medal – second place 2023 Bled Coxless pair
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oberschleißheim Coxless pair
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oberschleißheim Eight

Veronique Meester (born 7 April 1995) is a Dutch rower. She was a member of the Dutch coxless four, along with Ellen Hogerwerf, Ymkje Clevering and Karolien Florijn, that won an Olympic silver medal in Tokyo 2020.[1][2] The same crew was a three-time European Champion (in 2019, 2020 and 2021) and won a silver medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships. In August 2022 Meester and her former coxless four teammate Ymkje Clevering won the bronze medal in the coxless pair at the European Championships in Munich.[3]

  1. ^ Pender, Kieran (28 July 2021). "'Amazing hour' of Olympic rowing produces Australian medal bonanza". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  2. ^ Tennery, Amy (28 July 2021). "Rowing-Netherlands, China win in world best times in speedy day of competition". Reuters. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Clevering en Meester pakken brons in twee zonder op EK roeien". RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). 13 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.